RCE Melaka - 2023

DIGITAL CLIMATE CHANGE MARATHON
Basic Information
Title of project : 
DIGITAL CLIMATE CHANGE MARATHON
Submitting RCE: 
RCE Melaka
Contributing organization(s) : 
Hang Tuah Jaya Local Council
State Education department Melaka
Focal point(s) and affiliation(s)
Name: 
Tpr Rozaidi Mahat
Organizational Affiliation: 
Hang Tuah Jaya Local Council
E-mail: 
rozaidi@mphtj.gov.my
Format of project: 
Online
Language of project: 
English and Malay
Date of submission:
Update
Does this project link to any education and/or sustainable development policy or policies?: 
No
Geographical & Education Information
Region: 
Asia-Pacific
Country: 
Malaysia
Location(s): 
Melaka
Address of focal point institution for project: 
21-2 Jalan Delima, Taman Delima, Melaka 75150 Malaysia
Ecosystem(s):

Climate Change
Target Audience:
Primary, Secondary
Contents
Status: 
Completed
Period: 
April, 2020
Rationale: 
The Digital Climate Change Marathon was organised by Majlis Perbandaran Hang Tuah Jaya and Green Growth Asia Foundation. This programme is one of the initiatives to raise awareness among the youth regarding climate change and carbon footprint issues that are increasingly getting severe as well as to ensure they have a deeper understanding that can allow them to become the agent of change in the future. For your reference, some changes have been made for the programme due to the COVID-19 where it has been conducted online and according to the students spare time. Hence, the purpose of this report is to present the progress and the outcome of the Digital Climate Change Marathon programme.
Objectives: 
The participants are able to learn new topics that are related to climate change in greater detail which are not included in any of their school syllabi.

The participants will learn the measures that can be taken to mitigate climate change issues that are getting severe in Malaysia.

The participants are able to implement the knowledge that they have gained to alleviate climate change issues in their daily life.
Activities and/or practices employed: 
The Digital Climate Change Marathon was conducted on the 23rd of November 2020 until 27th of November 2020. As we all know, due to the coronavirus Malaysia government has taken measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through social distancing and Movement Control Order (MCO). Therefore, the Digital Climate Change Marathon is conducted online, and the participants are able to do the assignments according to their spare time. Added to this, the modules and the worksheet are also provided online to ensure that the participants are able to comprehend all the information easily.
Size of academic audience: 
179
Results: 
The Digital Climate Change Marathon programme is participated by 13 schools with 179 students and 24 teachers.
The Digital Climate Change Marathon programme allows us to produce younger generations that are aware of environmental or climate change issues and become one of the effective initiatives to expose the student as well as the teacher regarding these issues. It is crucial for us to take action in changing the future by conducting various environmental programmes or activities to raise awareness among the community and especially the young people since they are the one who will become the agent of change in youth, communities, and individuals to save our environment. It is hoped that this program can be organised in the future with a better improvement and with an increasing number of student and teacher participation.
Lessons learned: 
The Digital Climate Change Marathon programme contained various topics under climate change and to ensure the participants are able to comprehend all the information easily; we decided to use the top-down approach. Hence, we decided to integrate general to specific information in the modules.
Key messages: 
The Digital Climate Change Marathon programme will also instil the love for the environment attitude among the teachers and students. This programme has been successfully implemented in Melaka which are participated by several schools under the supervision of the Ministry of Education Malaysia to ensure that the programme is able to integrate effectively.
Funding: 
There was no financial implication from the Ministry of Education Malaysia or the Melaka State Education Department throughout the process of conducting the Digital Climate Change Marathon programme. The Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council had sponsored the Digital Climate Change programme and the implementation of the programme is successful.

Pictures:

File Name Caption for picture Photo Credit
Image icon Copy of Report For DCCM.jpg (362.79 KB) DCCM Photo summary Green Growth Asia Foundation
References and reference materials: 
PDF icon Copy of Report For DCCM.pdf
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
(https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs) and other themes of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
SDG 2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture 
Indirect
SDG 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 
Direct
SDG 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 
Direct
SDG 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 
Direct
SDG 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 
Indirect
SDG 12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns 
Direct
SDG 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 
Direct
SDG 14 - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 
Direct
SDG 15 - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss 
Direct
Theme
Disaster Risk Reduction 
Indirect
Traditional Knowledge  
Indirect
Agriculture 
Indirect
Curriculum Development 
Direct
Forests/Trees 
Direct
Waste 
Direct
ESD for 2030-Priority Action Areas
Priority Action Area 1 - Advancing policy 
state: 
Indirect
Priority Action Area 2 - Transforming learning and training environments 
state: 
Direct
Priority Action Area 3 - Developing capacities of educators and trainers 
state: 
Direct
Priority Action Area 4 - Mobilizing youth 
state: 
Direct
Priority Action Area 5 - Accelerating sustainable solutions at local level 
state: 
Direct
Update: 
Yes
I acknowledge the above: 
Yes